Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Alkimos Aveling first timers! 143Dec 04, 2016 10:40 pm Whoa what an insane few days. Have moved in, partner has been working insanely long shifts, so many school end of term things going on, so much stuff still to move, so much work being done here, too many things to remember, didn't eat for two days, so many missing hours of sleep.. argh. However, love the house, kids love having space back, they adore their new beds, they obviously love the pool, love the wall colour (painter still not finished, he pulled a couple all nighters.. his finish is fantastic, now to just.. finish..!), love the flooring, love the fake turf at the back more than I thought I would. Our landscaper who is doing so much work has been amazing and even stepped into my partner's shoes to hook up the washing machine and put up my clothes drier outside! No decent photos as there's boxes and half built sofas around but here's one of the pool area and fake turf to the very rear, you can just see toward the front of the block where there will be real grass for the dogs. Not had pool handover yet so pool is still full of sand, no idea how to switch the lights or spa jets on yet but hey, the pump says the water is fine lol Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Still need to glass fence off that sliding door Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Alkimos Aveling first timers! 145Dec 04, 2016 10:53 pm jpmontoya Looks great, who did ur lawn ? If you don't mind sharing his details He's our landscaper who has done so bloody much, real handyman. Very neat and tidy. He has a fb page if you're on there, called Outback Landscapes. His details are on there Re: Alkimos Aveling first timers! 146Dec 05, 2016 7:46 am Oooh fake grass would be so awesome!! What will that area be used for? Will your dogs have access to it? Your pool area is huge! Plenty of room for running jumps lol Follow my build viewtopic.php?t=83885 Re: Alkimos Aveling first timers! 147Dec 05, 2016 2:18 pm Dogs will have occasional access, there's going to be real turf in the front side section for them. Read mixed reviews of the smell dog wee leaves on fake lawn. Going to have that mainly as space for the kids and a trampoline etc. Re: Alkimos Aveling first timers! 148Dec 05, 2016 5:17 pm ZoePerth Dogs will have occasional access, there's going to be real turf in the front side section for them. Read mixed reviews of the smell dog wee leaves on fake lawn. Going to have that mainly as space for the kids and a trampoline etc. Good idea no dragging the trampoline or swing set around to mow! Re: Alkimos Aveling first timers! 149Dec 06, 2016 3:40 pm House is all over the place of course but figured I'd post a full light picture of a kitty grey wall for those who were thinking of it. I love it, looks great against our bright WA white doors and frames. Also love our karndean flooring even though it's sandy and dusty and needs a proper clean!! Bottom of my list right now haha. Oh and the painter still hasn't finished. I can laugh about it now...!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Alkimos Aveling first timers! 150Dec 06, 2016 4:02 pm House is all over the place of course but figured I'd post a full light picture of a kitty grey wall for those who were thinking of it. I love it, looks great against our bright WA white doors and frames. Also love our karndean flooring even though it's sandy and dusty and needs a proper clean!! Bottom of my list right now haha. Oh and the painter still hasn't finished. I can laugh about it now...!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Alkimos Aveling first timers! 154Jan 08, 2017 10:26 am Well not much has changed other than getting some new furniture. The garage is still barely accessible 😂 i hate going in there! Anyway here's a couple of pics. Excuse the messy kitchen! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ After a bit of back and forth we just got notified of the return of all our bond from our rental - bit at stake with that since my profession is as a PM - so going to buy a dishwasher and also a Limetron. The water here is soooo hard that soon our solar panels, glass pool fencing, pool pump, shower screens, HWS plus all our appliances will get so calcified that they won't work correctly, or at least be very inefficient. So a limetron sits on the mains supply and does some electro-something or other and removes that hardness. No filters or anything and lasts 10 years apparently. I'd like a fancy new sink tap too but we will see if that's further down the line ? We also applied successfully to have our stamp duty on the land altered, and we got back $1700! When you buy land it's taxed at General Rate - when you have built a residential property on it you can then retrospectively apply to have the tax reconsidered at the Residential Rate, which is cheaper, hence the rebate. Definitely worth doing! I've been telling everyone I know who has built to do it, as it's not really publicised, funny hey! Re: Alkimos Aveling first timers! 155Jan 11, 2017 9:57 pm That all sounds awesome Zoe! Love the extra money coming through to help finish off things and that limetron will be worth it like you said if it will help prolong the life of everything Stamp duty we had the exemption I believe as being under a certain amount and first home buyers in qld, but a great tip to pass on Re: Alkimos Aveling first timers! 156Jan 11, 2017 9:58 pm P.s love your furniture colours we have the silver wood dining set and it looks similar in colour so fresh and beachy 11 41648 Thank you. Do I use timber floorboards for stairs or do people use timber treads? Or is both the same? 6 7292 Can anyone give me any onfo on New Homes WA? Good or bad, hopefully good just need to know if my choice was good or not? Thanks ❤️ 0 8941 |